Robert Ehrlich, 66, is using a little-known New York law to declare himself mayor of a village within the village of Sea Cliff, Long Island. James Messerschmidt “I have so many great ideas.

Sea Cliff Mayor Elena Villafane handily retained her seat in the village's election after the founder of Pirate's Booty allegedly staged an attempted coup of the local government just days before ...

Mayor Villafane told News 12 Long Island the while she “welcome[s] the dialogue,” she’s not sure that “doing it in this sort of unorthodox fashion” helps the residents of Sea Cliff. RealTime ...

Will they let him steer the ship or make him walk the plank? The founder of the popular Pirate’s Booty snack proclaimed himself the victor of a quaint Long Island village’s mayoral election on Tuesday ...

A snack food magnate declared himself mayor of the Village of Sea Cliff, on Long Island. The voters said otherwise. By John Leland The little village of Sea Cliff, on Long Island’s north shore ...

Robert Ehrlich attempted to seize control of his coastal Long Island village on March 10, citing an obscure New York law as grounds for his takeover Inc Village of Sea Cliff/Facebook The founder ...

Sea Cliff School fourth graders completed a project based on the American Revolution, which inspired trivia games. After the completion of the project, the students shared their projects with ...

Most Long Island villages did not have contested elections. In Sea Cliff, Mayor Elena Villafane easily fended off a challenge from write-in candidate Robert Ehrlich, who had claimed last week ...

At Sea Cliff School, third graders had an interdisciplinary culmination combining lessons in art, music, history and global issues as they ended their extensive study of Brazil. Families were ...

The founder of beloved cheese-puff brand Pirate’s Booty claims to be the mayor of a newly formed Long Island town-within-a-town in ... Empowerment Act to create a “new” village within Sea Cliff, which ...

Officials say the founder of the Pirate’s Booty snack line baselessly declared himself mayor of the small Long Island village of Sea Cliff. The village said Robert Ehrlich and a small entourage ...